Our nation will have the capacity to build this critical component of our national security structure for the 21st century. It was a great risk in my view to have a diminished number of these vessels if we didn't have this base.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Some of the lowest-paid workers in this nation are people that we ask to watch the next generation of Americans. We do a better job insisting that your pets are cared for in this country than your children are, and there ought to be a sense of outrage about that.

Our nation's children are our greatest asset and our most precious treasure.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

There's a psychological component to all this.